Although an estimated four hundred thousand Hudson Valley residents feed, observe, or photograph birds, the vast majority of New Yorkers enjoy their birdwatching activities mostly around the home. Kathryn J. Schneider's engaging site guide provides encouragement for bird enthusiasts to expand their horizons. More than just a collection of bird-finding tips, this book explores Hudson Valley history, ecology, bird biology, and tourism. It describes sites in every county in the region, including farms, grasslands, old fields, wetlands, orchards, city parks, rocky summits, forests, rivers, lakes, and salt marshes. Designed for birders of all levels of skill and interest, this beautifully illustrated book contains explicit directions to more than eighty locations, as well as useful species accounts and hints for finding the valley's most sought-after birds.
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Birding the Hudson Valley
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Print ISBN
9781611687187
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Hudson Valley Landscape
- 2 In the beginning, There Was Birdwatching
- 3 From Birdwatcher to Birder
- 4 Step Up Your Birding Game
- 5 Introduction to Birding Sites
- 6 The Upper Hudson Valley
- 7 The Mid–Hudson Valley
- 8 The Lower Hudson Valley
- 9 Beyond the Ten Counties: Nearby Sites too Great to be Missed
- 10 Species Accounts
- Appendix: Rarities, Vagrants, and Extinct Species
- References
- Index